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SOARF SHIELD. No. 317,882. Patented May 12, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT JOSEPH B. SULTZER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SCARF-SHIELD.

SPEGIIZCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,882, dated May 12, 18:85.

Application filed September 12, 1884. (Model.)

T0 alliuhom it may concern.-

Be it known that i, JOSEPH B. SULTZER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Iniprovement in Scarf Shields or Holders and Fasteners Therefor, which is an improvement upon the invention shown in my prior application, No. 301,401, allowed July l, 188% of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a scarf-shield adapted to serve as a base for the material of the scarf, and upon and by means of which such material may be readily fashioned into a scarf of the shape of any one of several patterns without cutting or sewing the material and at the will of the user or maker.

To this end the invention consists in the features more particularly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plain view of IHY'imPIOVGd shield or holder; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section through the center of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a detached view of a detail of the shield or holder.

The reference'numeral 1 indicates the base of the shield, which is longitudinally curved, and also curved at the top to properly fit the curve of the neck.

Concentric with its top and end edges a slot, 2, is formed therein, while from its center dependsaslottcd tongue, 8. Immediately above the slotted tongue an oval ring, 3, is secured to the base 1, so that the opening of or passage through the ring is at and just below the body of the base 1. Asia some patterns of scarfs for instance, what is known as a ring scarf this ring will be visible, its front may be ornamented in any suitable manner, according to the taste or desire of the maker or user.

12 is a button-loop for securing the shield to the collar-button when inwear, and which may be of any desirable shapeforinstance, a small spring loop-hook, as shown in' Fig. 1, or a loop having an enlargement at its base for passage over the head of thebutton, and a contracted portion at its top for embracing the shank of the button and preventing the loop from being disengaged therefrom, as shown in Fig. 8. This loop is at the upper extremity of a sliding loop-bar, 11, to which is attached the screw-threaded piece 10, which passes through the slot in the tongue 8, and has then placed upon it the nut 9, which prevents the disengagement of S and 11 and serves to secure them together in desired longitudinal position relative to each other. This holder may be made of any desired material-1netal, celluloid, rubber, &cpossessing the requisite strength and rigidity.

As thus far described thisispecification furnishes a shield or holder upon which the material of a scarf may be formed, and fastened into any one of several patterns of scarfs at any time, without cutting or patterning the material or the necessity of sewing or otherwise securing it thereto.

The operation, therefore, is as follows: Supposing a ring-tie is to be formed, any rectangular piece of material is taken-say about six inches wide and eleven inches long. The loopbar 11 is drawn to the bottom of the slot in 8, and then, with the front side of the holder upward, the end of the material is passed,

wrong side up, through the slot 2 from the back and then through the ring for a few inches. The other end of the material is then folded over the top of the shield and passed through the ring. The fullness, 8:43., is then arranged and the scarf is complete.

To adjust the button-loop 12 to the right position, the not 9 is loosened, the loop is placed over the button and 11 and. 8 slid upon each other until the scarf is in the desired position, when 9 is tightened and the adjustment thus secured preserved until it be necessary to form a new tie.

In order to form one style of sailor-knot, the material is doubled right side out. The fold is passed from the back through the slot 2, and thence downward through the ring. Bring the ends over the top of the holder 1 and pass them below the ring, through the loop formed by the fold. Draw thereon and arrange the knot and fullness.

Several other styles of scarf may be made, but these illustrations show the mode of operation of this holder. WVith it, with but a few minutes trouble, a fresh scarf can be made by any one, and any small pieeesof sill: or other suitable material used without their being so out or patterned as to spoil their usefulness for other purposes.

What I claim is 1. The shield 1, provided with the slot 2, extending continuously in a curved line entirely along the top of the shield and downward along the end portions thereof, said shield having at its lower edge an attached ring, 8, for receiving the ends of the material composing the scarf, substantially as described.

2. The shield 1, having the slot 2 extending continuously in a curved line entirely along the top of the shield and downward along the end portions thereof, said portions having the attached ring 3, the spring-tongues 4 for securing a neckband, the sliding button-loop bar, and means for holding the bar in position, 15 substantially as described.

3. A holder or shield for a scarf or tie, consisting of a base having a slot near its top and end edges, a ring secured to such base, and tongues or means for adj ustably securing 2o thereto a neckband, substantially as described.

In testimony whereo I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH B. SULTZER.

\Vitnesses:

THEODORE SATTLER, LnoroLD'r STADECKER. 

